Audit Commission develops Knowledge Programme with Verity K2E
EPSOM, UK - 2002-10-21 - The Audit Commission, an independent body responsible for ensuring that public money is used economically, efficiently and effectively, will launch its new intranet using Verity's advanced search and content organisation software, Verity(r) K2 Enterprise 4.5 (K2E). The intranet, part of a wider Knowledge Programme, will enable the Audit Commission's 2,500 employees to make the best use of its vast information resources.
Unlike other specialised regulatory organisations, the Audit Commission carries out audits, inspections and research projects across a wide range of the UK's public services. Before Verity, the Audit Commission was using a basic search engine, which was not capable of managing such a diverse and complex range of documents to the Commission's full requirements.
"We hold a unique collection of information here and we recognised that we could use it better to help our staff, clients and the public," says Mike Ibbitson, Knowledge Management programme manager, Audit Commission. "The aim of the Knowledge Programme is to develop a system that will enable us to harness and maximise the use of our combined knowledge. Having a top quality search and classification solution is absolutely key to this."
Verity K2 Enterprise will be used on the Audit Commission intranet to search and organise hundreds of thousands of documents from across the public sector, including health, local government, police and crime. Rather than being simply a back catalogue function, Verity is also working with the Audit Commission to develop an extranet facility and collaboration tools to make it easier for people to share information. It is also intended that Verity power the search on the internet site.
"During our procurement phase, Verity proved itself to be capable of meeting demanding requirements in terms of search set-up, depth of query language, spidering processes, classification, flexibility and installation routine," continues Ibbitson. "Verity has also proved that it can adapt to the specific needs of the Audit Commission, giving us the functionality we need today and the option to include additional functionality in the future."
Simon Atkinson, Managing Director of Verity GB adds: "Verity takes disparate sources of complex information then organises and classifies it so that users can find what they want quickly and share knowledge easily. There is a tremendous wealth of knowledge within the Audit Commission and Verity is helping to unlock some of that knowledge and in turn helping the employees within the organisation to use it more effectively."
About Verity K2 Enterprise
Verity K2E fully integrates the three tiers of knowledge management infrastructure. According to Forrester Research, these are search, taxonomy and personalisation. Verity is able to combine these crucial capabilities because of the three-tier architecture of its K2 technology platform, used by more than 1,500 companies worldwide. The K2 platform lets K2E users discover, organise and connect with their enterprises' greatest information assets - an array of documents and the experts behind them, who know and understand those businesses. It also offers one of the most sophisticated, yet easy to manage administrative infrastructures to better cope with enterprise complexity.
About the Audit Commission
The Audit Commission is responsible for ensuring that public money is used economically, efficiently and effectively. Its aim is to be a driving force in the improvement of public services. It promotes proper stewardship and governance and helps those responsible for public services to achieve effective outcomes for users and the public.
The Audit Commission is a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions with the Department of Health and the National Assembly for Wales. The Audit Commission has agreed a framework document with its sponsoring departments, and the Commission's Controller acts as its accounting officer.
About Verity
Verity, Inc. (Nasdaq VRTY) is a leading provider of business portal infrastructure software. Verity software gives businesses a multitude of ways to improve access to vital information and perform a range of e-business operations, while enhancing the end-user experience. Verity-powered business portals, which include corporate intranets used for sharing information within an enterprise; e-commerce sites for online selling; and market exchange portals for B2B activities, all provide personalised information to employees, partners, customers and suppliers.
Verity products are used by approximately 80 percent of the Fortune 50 and by more than 1,500 corporations in various markets. Customers include ABB Group, AT&T, B&Q, BT, Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, Cisco, the European Commission, the Financial Times, GlaxoSmithKline, HSBC.com, KPMG, RS Components, Thomas Cook and UBS Warburg.
In 2001, Delphi Group named Verity the market leader in portal infrastructure software and Ovum named Verity the established leader in the enterprise search and OEM search.
Verity's headquarters are in Sunnyvale, California.
For more information, contact Verity at info@verity.com or at World Wide Web site http://www.verity.com or call 408-541-1500.
Verity and the Verity logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of Verity, Inc.
Summary: ...Transnet National Port Authority uses Autonomy to protect critical data - case study. Organization background Transnet National Port Authority is one of five operating divisions of Transnet SOC Ltd, a state-owned enterprise in South Africa, responsible for the safe, effective and efficient economic functioning...
Summary: ...IDOL has also been used by the Economic Crime Unit (ECU) to identify perpetrators as part of its serious fraud investigations. Thanks to IDOL, the Force Intelligence Bureau Organised Crime division has been able to identify an additional 67 unlinked incidents relating to firearms, grievous bodily harm...
Summary: ...could pick it up and run with it. It was also the lowest cost solution.” Gary Pettigrove, CIO, ANAO ANAO National Audit Body Finds Compliance With Interwoven The Auditor-General, assisted by the ANAO, is responsible for undertaking audits of the fnancial statements and performance of Australian Government...
Summary: ...Customer The Phytosanitary Administration of the Republic of Slovenia (PARS), a part of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food is the central authority for phytosanitary issues in Slovenia. It is responsible for all matters relating to plant health, registration of plant protection products, control...
Summary: ...the Central Statistics Office The Central Statistics Office (CSO) is the government agency responsible for the collection, compilation, analysis and dissemination of statistical information relating to the economic and social life of Ireland. It is also responsible for coordinating official statistics...
Summary: ...New South Wales Department of Environment and Climate Change - Case Study. “We have a large number of offices throughout NSW which generate a lot of varied content, ranging from park conditions to legislative information.” Her aim was to enable staff at those sites to update their own content. The...
Summary: ...the database tables, the quicker the access, and HP Database Archiving software has helped us keep down the size of the database tables in the main schemas.” When necessary, Tupperware N.A. now applies important patches to Oracle E-Business Suite 11i. Previously, because of complex customizations, Tupperware...
Summary: ...Individual schools can share and efficiently repurpose centrally created brand assets and other images “For a company growing as fast as ours, it’s absolutely necessary to have the best solution for web content management and publishing. Autonomy gives us the highest level of efficiency and control...
Summary: ...used WorkSite to create workspaces for every client service group in the company. For example, the Human Resources group uses the solution to manage and access client policies and procedures, logistical guidelines, and health plan details to enable fast, accurate responsiveness to employee inquiries....
Summary: ...disparate databases at once, with a drill-down option to provide more in-depth records of a suspect’s crimes and status. Autonomy’s innovative and unique technology allows officers to create specific, repeatable searches, significantly reducing retrieval time and ensuring valuable data is not lost...
Summary: ...and instantly organises the data reducing the need for human intervention. These unique analysis capabilities have empowered Precise with the tools to deliver next-generation media intelligence, whilst ensuring they deliver the correct information required to their clients. The Benefits By leveraging...
Summary: ...with stakeholders, other government agencies, industry and the general community to develop and implement the programs necessary for achieving these common goals. To date, one of the department’s biggest challenges has been managing the vast amount of information it produces, and ensuring its fast and...
This is a small selection of the Autonomy case studies available, please visit our publications site at http://publications.autonomy.com/ for more information.
Summary: ...or new content created in an enterprise. With this enhancement, more complex rules may be created such as the ability to extract the fileplan classification from text embedded in the body of an email. This will increase the number of situations where EDC can automatically process and classify content...
Summary: ...Autonomy Supervisor: The Industry Standard for Electronic Communications Compliance. Autonomy Supervisor goes beyond keyword-based solutions to identify potential violations, including advanced lexicons and conceptual search and classification tools. Supervisor is the only market offering to apply policies...
Summary: ...sites, server rooms and more. Here are a few examples of our solutions in action: Streamlining Security Inspections A major logistics company deploys Virage to streamline the inspection of transporters entering and leaving its distribution centers. Virage ALPR/ANPR records vehicle details and Virage’s...
Summary: ...Autonomy Information Connectivity. Technical Brief Information Connectivity Autonomy Supports Virtually Any Format, Source and Language Every enterprise has a complex mix of off-the-shelf and custom applications, databases, information technologies and file formats. Autonomy is capable of aggregating...
Summary: ...and leverage of the organization’s information assets as well as for fully FRCP-compliant search . Autonomy Connectors Autonomy Connectors are responsible for extracting content from any type of local or remote repository, importing the data into an IDX or an XML file, and then indexing the data into...
Summary: ...and visibility of information that resides in an array of internal and external systems that form the core of the global capital markets. Users in audit, finance, legal, compliance and regulatory bodies all require greater visibility to the same set of information, but often to address differing obligations....
Summary: ...Server with Caching System Requirements Intel Pentium II PC 1GB RAM 30 GB Hard Drive Windows 2000 Server or Windows 2000 Advanced Server SQL or Oracle Server (if used with a local library) About Autonomy iManage Autonomy iManage is the leader in information management applications for the legal and professional...
Summary: ...Video Analytics Security is an increasingly vital consideration for private and public bodies alike, yet the pressures of today’s high-risk climate necessitate a revolutionary new approach to ensuring effective and proactive operations. Manual security networks are only as effective as the personnel...
Summary: ...Autonomy Global Capital Markets. Users in audit, finance, legal, compliance and regulatory bodies all require greater visibility to the same set of information, but often to address differing obligations. Autonomy’s unique ability to understand relevant information in context allows various constituencies...
Summary: ...the cost of care and practice in a manner which responsibly considers healthcare resource constraints. HDOs must oversee a standardized and efficient practice of medicine, computerize health records and incorporate analytics, and constantly evaluate available resources in order to allocate them in a manner...
Summary: ...Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) – Amended 2008 • Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) – Amended 2003 • Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act – Effective 2009 Compliance – Autonomy offers the most comprehensive...
Summary: ...DIH Information received from: Web Modules it can communicate with: DiSH, IDOL server™ NT Single Pentium 4 1.6 Ghz processor 512 MB RAM 10 GB hard disk recommended UNIX Single Pentium 4 1.6 Ghz processor 512 MB RAM 10 GB hard disk recommended For specific sizing requirements please consult the Autonomy...
This is a small selection of the Autonomy Product Briefs available, please visit our publications site at http://publications.autonomy.com/ for more information.
Summary: ...and, once given continual access to sensitive customer information, use stealth tactics to transmit information outside of the organization. In other cases, routine broad access to private data by front line employees encourages crimes of opportunity. 3 Verizon Business 4 Preventing such data leaks requires...
Summary: ...Legal Technology: Enhancing profitability through an economic crisis. Mobile users can access matter files and file documents via BlackBerry or the Web, and an offline capability lets practitioners download information prior to disconnecting from the network, then synchronise any changes easily on reconnection....
Summary: ...ethical walls can come back to haunt a frm. In the event of legal discovery, the inability to produce requested records— including e-mails and other electronic content—can force a costly settlement even if an organization has done nothing wrong. In Zubulake v. UBS Warburg, a federal district court...
Summary: ...or “placement.” For example, a business user can elect to promote a certain result, set of results or object (such as an advertisement) to a defined position within a result set in response to a given query or input. If a user queries for “yellow Prius,” the administrator can define a rule to...
Summary: ...information without hiring back all the staff they had before. On the corporate side, given the higher level of maturity of the market, Autonomy estimates it may generate 10-15% growth when the economy is healthy. According to Gartner, the relevant market (Information Access Technology) amounted to US...
Summary: ...with discovery of electronically stored information often result in settlements driven more by the cost of litigation than the actual merits of the case.5 In the absence of uniform national standards, “disparate local rules” emerged and a body of case law on discovery into electronically stored information...
Summary: ...administrators and end-users to efficiently archive and retrieve legacy data. With the widespread acceptance of e-mail and related communications has come increased scrutiny from regulators and other investigating bodies. The result is the need for careful e-mail management that satisfies the needs of...
Summary: ...failures undoubtedly added to losses for many companies and investors. These failures, along with pressure placed on political and regulatory bodies, will lead to new compliance requirements of greater complexity. Entities not previously regulated will be subject to oversight, as will products that went...
Summary: ...The Business Process Management Guide for Government. Hard copies of each of the forms are retained for four weeks, ensuring that all of the data is accurate with the ability to attend to any discrepancies in the data file from the paper file. The Benefts of Cardiff SMS and the State of Hawaii have realized...
Summary: ...of those receiving care are accurate, readily available when required and can be shared with those that have a need to know throughout the complex network of public sector services from health worker and medical staff to the emergency services and police. The directorate currently handles around 4700...
Summary: ...view of all your information in context. HP TRIM, powered by Autonomy’s meaning based IDOL platform, is a rigorous information governance solution for your enterprise business records that gives, records management governance controls over all business records coupled with the most powerful auto classification...
This is a small selection of the Autonomy White Papers available, please visit our publications site at http://publications.autonomy.com/ for more information.
Related Case Studies
Find us on Facebook
Follow us on Twitter
See us on YouTube
Find us on LinkedIn
